Poem by Linda Crate
freedom for me will always be existing without strings attached, if i didn't have to worry about paying bills then i would be free to travel as my whims carried me; don't know how we agreed to be shackled to the demands of the rich but i just want to live not simply exist— to be able to thrive and flourish and bloom where i can as i am able without being too exhausted to chase the dreams that make my heart flutter outside of work, because art and music and writing have always offered me escape— i want freedom from society because their knives are so sharp, and their greed is even more sharp; i just want to be able me without apology and without being threatened— freedom means being your whole authentic self without apology, this is all i have ever wanted: to be me.
Linda M. Crate’s (she/her) is a Pennsylvanian writer who likes to incorporate elements of fantasy and mythology into her works.
